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The Ma'bar Sultanate, also known as the Madurai Sultanate, was a short lived kingdom based in the city of Madurai in modern-day Tamil Nadu, India. It was dominated by Hindustani speaking Muslims. The
A coin of Jalaluddin Ahsan Khan, the first ruler of the Madurai Sultanate urai
Coin of Ala-ud-Din Udauji, Madurai Sultanate, 1339 AD.
Thanjavur temple
Kumara Kampana, son of Bukka I of the Vijayanagara Empire, commanded a series of military campaigns that disestablished Muslim rule in southern India, annexing Madurai around 1370. His conquests resto
1878 illustration by Léon Benett showing Ibn Battuta (center) and his guide (left) in Egypt
Standing Vishnu as Keshava, 1st quarter of the 12th century, Hoysala period, probably Belur, Karnataka, India
"Darpanasundari" (lady with a mirror), one of the many madanakai decorating the Chennakeshava Temple, Belur.